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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-21
TE TIMoNY Of WITNESS.

What is your true name christian
and surname), given in full, your age,
residence and present post-otfice adj
dress? give description of land on
which you reside. quarter section, town
ship and range.
2-What is your present occupation
and where and by whom have You been
employed since....... date of
claimants alleged sc element on said
tract?
3-Are YOU related to claimant or in
any way interested in this claim or are
you connected with him in business Of
anv kind.
Allow far from the residence Of
claimant, on said tract, do you reside
and how long have you lived there?
Give the names and residences of
two or more persons living nearer TO
the claimant of this tract than Yourself.
If none are nearer than You, give The
names of two or more next nearest,
and state the land on which they
reside.
GLOW long have YOU known...........
......... the claimant for whom you ap-
pear as n witness, where has he beea
living since you first knew him up to
the present time. and is he the iden-
teal person he represents himself TO
be?
Are Won we'll acquainted with the
land embraced in this claim? Give cor
rect description thereof; also state the
extent of your knowledge, and how you
know what you affirm.
How often have you been on this
tract of land since claimants alleged
settlement thereon. at what time or
times, aud when did you last see him
on the land?
9-Is said tract within the limits of
an incorporated town or selected site
of a city or town, or used in any way
for trade or business?
10-State specifically the character of
this land-whether it is timber. prairie,
grazing, farming, coal or mineral land.
11-Are there any indications for
coal, minerals, or salines on this land?
12-Is it within any stock range or
fence or other Enclosure? If SO, give
the names of the parties owning or in
any manner controlling such Enclosure
or range.
13-Iftte land is timber land, state
whether the timber, or any portion
thereof, and what portion, has been
cut or removed. and by whom.
14-What is this land used for, and
who (if any one) besides the claimant
is in any manner interested in or uses
or controls the land or claims the tim
Der thereon?
15-What has been claimants occu-
patton since you first knew him, and
where has he been employed and by
whom?
16-Has he had any other living or
boarding place than on this land during
the existhnce of his present claim? If
so, state where he has been living or
stopping.
17-Does claimants family reside on
said land? When did he move thereon?
How long have they lived there, and
do they still reside thereon? If not
where do they reside?
18-Has claimants family been absent
! from said land since moving thereon?
If so, state how often, how long each
time, and the cause of said absence or
absences.
19-State in full and in detail all the
! facts within your knowledge as to
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-21
YOUR HOME PAPER.

When YOU are about to discontinue
your subscription and patronage to your
home paper in order that you might
subscribe for some cheaper and better
foreign paper, did you ever stop to
think that it is really your home paper
that is really the source of the most
pleasure and profit to you? Your home
paper is the only one that is directly
identified with the interests of your
home and the neighborhood in which
you live. Have you ever read in any
other paper anything that 80 thrilled
your heart with joy and pride as did
the item relating to your success and
prosperity. or the Advancement OF your
children, or the tender tribute to some
departed relative or friend, clipped from
the columns of your local newspaper
and laid away to be read and re-read as
sweet mementos of the past? Your
home paper is directly concerned in the
welfare of you and your neighbors. No
other paper so we'll understands your
wants and necessities. No other paper
will so willingly speak the word OF
encouragement or warning to your sons
and daughters. No other paper can
feel that pride and interest in the noble
achievements of yourself and neighbors
that your home paper does, no matter
whether you have won a lottery prize
or a horse race, or have raised the big
gest crop ever grown on the prairie.
And vet there are many who ridlcule
their home paper as being unworthy of
a place alongside the larger newspapers
in their homes. Is this generous? Is
it sensible? Is it just? As well might
YOU turn a cold shoulder to your obli-
ing neighbor and friend who has as
sisted you in your adversely; and seek
the relationship of those who neither
know nor care about your misfortunes.
Your first duty is to your home paper
in preference to all others. No other
paper, no matter how much more read
ing matter it may contain, can possibly
have claims upon you until you have
first discharged your obligations to your
home paper. Nothing contributes SO
much towards the general welfare OF a
town or community as the local paper,
and it should therefore be encouraged
by generous patronage.
The support given to this paper is
but sorry showing for the local pride
of the people of this prairie. Too many
people who are well able to afford a
paper of their own. prefer to began"
frequently to steal their neighbours copy,
If the complaints made to us are true.
How much more generous and manly
and independent you would feel if you
subscribed, you fellows who read every
issue of this paper and never contrib
ute cent towards its running expenses.
Think it over, some of you, and see il
YOU can't rustic three dollars or it's
equivalent in fence rails or wheat, and
have the paper regular visitor at your
homes, If you all do that the paper
shall soon be doubled in size and made
a much more creditable representative
of our county than it is possible for us
to make it with the slender support
now given us.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-21
NOTICE FOR PRE-EMPTION PROOF

NOTICE FOR PRE-EMPTl0N PROOF
Frank II. Bruegemon, d. S. No. 2i3o
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON IDAHO, |
Dec. 18th, 1886
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to m Ike final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before ii. S1uier
Clerk Z. S. District Court, list Judicial District
Idaho Territory. at his Office at Mt. Idaho, on
January 9th, 1887, viz
FRANK II. BRUEGEMON, D. S. 1880
For the Lot 6, and eIs sw4 Sec g. and neL
nwlI Sec. 7, Up. 81 r l h NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of said land. viz VIM NJ Combs. NJ. J. Smith,
Samuel Hayes A O. Johnson, all of Cotton
wood =. o. Idaho county, Idaho Territory.
27-32. z. IL. WINSTON, JR., Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-21
NOTICE FOR HOME PROOF.
Elva Culley, Home No. 1903.

Elva Culley, Home No. 1893.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON, IDAHO,
Dec. 18TH 1886.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
to make final proof in support of her claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Judge
of the U. s. District Court, LIST Judicial District
Idaho Territory, or II he be absent the Clerk of
said court at Mt. Idaho, on Jan. Goth, 1887, viz
ELVY CULLEY Home No. 1893.
For the nw14 Sec. 10, TIP. 80, n , +. b. NJ.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz James NJ Addison, William
IL. Zumwalt, william HILL Leroy Culley,
all of Grangeville, Z. o., Idaho county, l. r.
1882. z. IL. WINSTON, JR., Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.

G. Bunnell is an institution of which Lew
iston may well be proud. He las an enormous
stock of everything in the hardware line, can
not nor will not be undersold and is doing an
immense business. He buys stoves by the car
load and is selling them at marvelously low fig
ures. When you come to town call and see him
and you will be benefited. 21tf
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-21
A. 4. Parker.

between Arams Livery Stable and Mt. Idaho
aas- p. 0. Address, GRANGEVILLE. IDAHO
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
His Dodge Failed.

Thursday morning doctor rang the bell at a Sioux Falls house and to the woman who responded said:
 Madam. your husband said you had sustained some serious injuries this morning and sent me up to see you"
 "Well, you can just go right back again." replied the woman. vigorous lY, beginning to get red in the face. ''rrn all right and you can't come in this house! Just because I fell down the back steps this morning with pail of water that he ought Q be en carrying and sprained my ankle a little, he needn't think he can smooth it over by sending a doctor up and acting so terribly thoughtful all at once! Youjust go on, and ifyou want to come snooping around here at any time, just come about noon when he ge ts home and my ankle feels little better than it did this morning, and if he doesn't need your services himself then Hose my guess. ."-DakotG Bel"
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
A GIFT FROM GEORGE |.
The Unique Parchment Deed for an Estate
 in the Mohawk Valley.

The Unique Parchment Deed for an Estate
 in the Mohawk Valley.
 Stephen Wormuth, of Fultonville, is the possessor of one of the oldest documents in New York State, in the shape of the original Kennedy Pat ent," grant ofland from King George, comprising Seven hundred and sev- enty-fve acres. besides the usual al- lowance of highways" The manu- script is dated April IS. 1727, more than a hundred and sixty years ago, and is still in good state of preserva- ton. though the writing is somewhat faded. The patent was issued on the recommendation of "William Bur net, Esq, our trusty and well-beloved Captain General and Commander-in- Chief of our said Province of New York" on a petition signed by Will fam Burnet, Jr., Robert Livingston, Jr., Della and David Provost, Archi- bald Kennedy, Esq, Helen Sanford and Catharino Van Wyck. This peti- ton sets forth that on April 29, l725, in church with the native Indians, they purchased of the lattet the tract of land alluded to- lon the south side of the Mohawk river, situate, lying and being in the county of Albany, and beginning at a certain oylnut (walnuD tree on the south bank of said Mohawk river and on the west bank of brook called Wasentha-" The terms stipulated in the grant are that the parties shall pay yearly and each year, forever, on the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly called Lady Day, the yearly rental of two shillings and six pence for each one hundred acres of lands" and it is further stipulated that at least three of every fifty acres shall be cultivated and planted each year. All trees twenty-four inches in di- ameter, twelve inches above the ground, are reserved ito be used for masts in our royal navy"
 The document is 26x28 inches in size, written on parchment. The chirog- raphy is very peculiar, the letters being small, cramped and irregular; and, to a careless observer, the whole might be taken for a Zulu war map or fisherman's oh art. The most unique feature is the wax seal, which is four and a half inches in diameter This is securely fastened by strips of parch- ment similar to that on which the grant is written. .-Fo'sdG (M K) Cor. M r World.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
JEFF DAVIS ADVISERS.
But Three oi the Entire Number Now in
 the Land of the Living.

But Three oi the Entire Number Now in
 the Land of the Living.
 The death of R. M T. Hunter, of Virginia, who was a member of the Confederate Cabinet, leaves but three of the entire number still surviving. There were fourteen in all who held Cabinet positions under Mr Davis dur ing the existence of the Confederate Government There survive Congress- man Reagin, who was Postmaster General of the Confederacy from first to last; Thomas H. Watts, of Alabama, who was Attorney General for a short time, and George E. Davis, of North Carolina, who also filled that position for few months. Mir Reagan lives at Palestine, Tex, and has been a member of the House for many years, and is now elected to the Senate. Mir. Watts lives at Montgomery, Ala, is very active man, still engaged in the practice of law. MT. Davis, of North Carolina, still lives in Washington, practicing law. It seems little cu- rious that of the fourteen that served  with Jeff Davis eleven should have died before him. Perhaps he may outlive all of them, for he seems to be active, both physically and menta fly, if we are to judge from the frequency with which he is heard from on the current topics of the day. He is now in his eightieth year, having been born June 8, 1908. The eleven deceased members of the Confederate Cabinet are: Benja- min, Bragg, Breckinridge, Hunter, Mallory, Memminger, Randolph, Sed- den, Toombs, Trenholm and Walker. Reagan is the only member of the original Cabinet left, Toombs, the first Secretary of State; Memminger, the first Secretary of the Treasury; Nal lory, the first Secretary of the Navy, and Walker, the first Secretary of War. having all passed away.-N Q. Item.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
A French Miser's Wealth.

Pere Denizot, an old French miser, died recently in Paris. He lived by himself in an old house, 10 Rue de Crosses, in the Quartier des Archives. He was the laughing stock of the neighborhood, as he wandered around in rags. driving hard bargains with butchers for dog meat and scraps. Apoplexy carried him off finally. An inspector of police. Cwhile making up his report of the death in the old man S room, accidently knocked..over a table, from the drawer of which fell several rolls of gold. The officer hunted through the wretched place, and found gold and silver amounting to 100, 900 francs and securieties to the value of nearly 900, 900 francs. As Pere Denizot is supposed to have no heirs, all this money goes to the State,-N + Sun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
Clothing for Monkeys.

I have always had a curiosity to dis cover where the organ grinders mon- keys get their outfits. The other day my craving was gratified. In Broom street basement 1 discovered q pretty girl trimming a monkeys coat. The hats and caps which complete the costume of the melodious ape were only present to the extent of a boxful. There is not very heavy demand tor these costumes, says the pretty girl, and their manufacture is only part of that of cheap dolls clothing and queer rag rabbits, cloth cats and other articles of vertu such as are sold by street vendors. You can dress a mOn- key decently for half a dollar and pro- vide him with a uniform cut to order, warranted to fit and splendid enough for an opera bouffe field marshal, for S1. 50, cash down. The credit system, without which dudedom would be in a bad way, does not prevail at this class of monkeys tailors. Cor. Nea0 Yorb NelDS
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
A Deserted Village.


 The best example of a deserted vill- age at present known on the Pacific coast is Houston, Idaho. Three years ago it contained over five hundred in- habitants; now there are. all told. nine persons in the place. The town has fresh and bright look. There is handsome hotel on the main street; a big shelter is seen; there is a large brewery, and all along the principal street stand neat stores, with fresh looking signs; but the people are gone and all is silent. A newspaper outfit was collapsed before a paper was is- sued, and the owners of the material seem to have never since had money enough to pay the freight out. The town sprung up on the strength Of big copper prospect; the copper ''pe- tered" and the people skedaddled, many of them leaving behind furniture and all else except clothing and some light and valuable goods. Vtrg''''d City Enterprise.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
They've Got Him on the List.

When ladies make calls they should always leave their children at home particularly if the children are addict ed to precocity.
 A wealthy capitalist and his wife recently moved to Austin. and among the first to call on the newcomers was Mrs. Judge Peterby, accompanied by her little daughter Mamie.
 After some conversation the wife os the wealthy capitalist remarked:
 q have frequently read your hus' bands name in the papers"
 Yes" said Mamie. boastfully, you can find pas name in the Austin papers every time land Is sold for taxes. They've got him on the list " -Te1as SJtings.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17

coffee, rye, wheat or okra was roasted, ground and boiled in a cofee-pot or kettle, or sweet potatoes raw were sliced and roasted, then chopped fine and ground. Bran and bread crusts were also used, and not a few used the seeds of the persimmon and dried ap- pies. As a substitute for sugar, sor- ghum or cane sirup was the sole reli- ance.
 An odd thing during the war was the drawing of cotton yarn." The fac tories could not supply everybody, so it was found best to let people, women especially; draw lots, and the one who drew ticket with a number had the privilege of going to the factory when yarn was spun, of presenting the card and the proper amount of money and taking away the much-desired five pound bundle of cotton yarn. Many thousands of people picked cotton by hand, carded it with hand cards into rolls, then spun it into yarn on old fashioned spinning wheels. The block ade runners always brought over thou sands of cotton cards, which were sold at cost to the women. Through all this inventive genius was shown during the war, yet when the struggle was ended the people abandoned the makeshifts and returned to ''store goods. " A cane field is now a great curiosity, the noise of the mill is no longer heard. and the loom and tine spinning wheel are mere curiosities, save in the most out of-the-way neighborhoods.-Fred 4. OLds, tn DeS Moines (IG.) Leader.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
PITH AND POINT.

"A GtuluS 1OA udL0 UOAR 10 eAO OSNN kind of genius. Sto1ce.
 The tramps never stop at Bath. Me-, the name makes them shudder.
 Our enemies are our outward con sciences. Shakespeare.
 An old writer states that young women are like peaches, the nearer they are ripe the more they blush
 He that will make a good use of any part of his life, must allow large portion of it to recreation --LocEe-
 The cheapest way to get rid of cockroaches is to move out of the house. This enables you to get rid ot the landlord at the same time.
 All the waves of the ocean do not create by the seashore as great sen- sation as a pretty woman can by a single wave of her handkerchief.
 -"He makes faces and busts," says somebody to the Judge. speaking of an artist. Having seen some of the faces, we should think he would.-Judge.
 -'It is not the big hog that pays" remarks the Mirror and Farmer. This is very true. The big hog always makes the other other fellows pay LosOeU Courier.
 Wife, Bridget is absolute by worthless; she tries me from morning until night. I've great mind to let her go." Husband-'.H much do we owe herP'' Wife-''Only two months wages" Husband-"Oh, well, we had better keep her."- "-Harper's BG- gar.
 A man who can not get angry is like a stream that can not overflow, that is always turbid. Sometimes in- dignation is as good as a thunder storm in summer, clearing and cooling the air -Beecher.
 A young physician who had re- gently hung out his sign came home one day in high spirits. DO you know, my dear," he said to his wife, 'Pm really becoming quite well known here. The undertakers bow to me already" ."-French Fun.
 If couldn't have house with more than two rooms in it" said bright lady. as she was examining some architects plans, "those two should be bathroom and piazza" And then, no doubt she would want three closets in each room.
 It is the habitual thought that frames itself into our life. It affects us even more than our intimate social relations do. Our confidential friends have not so much to do in shaping our lives as thoughts have which we har- bor. The FarD1er and MGDufGctWrer.
 It is announced that new pay ing-stone called quartzite granite has been found in Dakota. It is supposed somebody has struck batch of dough- nuts baked by young lady graduate of cooking school, and dumped over the back fence by her mother.-Norrts- !o1Op Herald.
 A West side man bought box of prime cigars, last evening, and on be- ing asked what it was that he had so nicely wrapped in the package under his arm, naively replied that it was bundle of tickets to a course of lectures by his wife.-C Chicago Sunday National
 -"Build a little fence of trust around today" says an advisory poet Very good advice 1t is too. no doubt but what if fellow has got all the stores in his neighborhood in such condition that he has to go so far away that his pound of steak spells be- fore he can get it home for breakfaste -SonlerUiLle Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17

The New York Ma1t aud Express states that Thomas K. Cruse, who about ten years ago. was house sur- geon of Bellevue hospital, is to-day an inmate of the insane pavilion of that institution from the excessive use ot opium. He is between thirtr-fve and forty years of age, and his case is con- sidered incurable. The doctor wife is also in the hospital from the same cause, but her brain is not yet so seriously affected that her recovery 1T considered hopeless.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
POISONOUS COLORS.
Some of the Dangerous Egg Substitute:
 Used by City Bakeries.

The American Society for the Pre- gention of Adulteration of Food is distributing the following circular among Philadelphia bakers and con- fectioners: You are hereby notified that the enumerated colOrs herein are poisonous, and if you persist in the use of any of them after the receipt of this notice, you will be prosecuted to the full extent of the present law:
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17

Large shipments of shoveis are being made from Pittsburgh, Pa, to South America, to a very large and growing extent supplanting the clumsy English goods which have heretofore been supplied to the markets there
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17

The other day MT. Walsham, the borough surveyor of Peterborough, England. having been rendered lan- guid by the hot weather, yawned to such degree that he actually dislo- cated his jaw.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
VOLUME XVI.
THE MAIDEN IN THE FRAME.

Right above the rocking chair Hangs the portrait of maid, Who had sunny, golden hair, And a manner somewhat staid. In the picture she's arrayed, Not in print or calico, But in silk inclined to fade She who lived so long ago. Dorothy was sweet and fair, Byher name that is conveyed To my mind. for declare, By name I'm somewhat swayed. When the day was done she played On the spinet, soft and low, Some old song or serenade- She who lived so long ago. You may be inclined to stare, And to doubt it, I'm afraid. When say the maid up there, With soft eyes and silken braid, Long beneath the flowers has laid; My own grandmsmma, you know, Who was quite belle, they said She who lived so long ago.
 ENvoL Grandpapa, I'm sure, displayed, Great good taste in wooing her, though And his love she quite repaid She who lived so long ago.
 Henry TalcOH Mills. tn Boston Globe.
The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17

The whole length of mail routes in operation in the United States amounts to S75, 900 miles